Below is a press statement from Ibori's media office...
Chief
James Onanaefe Ibori’s defence lawyers shocked the Southwark Court,
London on Wednesday 10th February 2016, when they adduced evidence
before Judge Tomlinson of a conspiracy between Nigeria and Britain to
railroad Ibori and his associates into jail.
Mr. Tony Eluemunor,
Head of Ibori Media Office, said in a press statement that that evidence
was the highlight of Wednesday’s court proceedings which was delayed
for hours because the London Metropolitan Police and the Crown
Prosecution Service, suddenly turned lukewarm and refused to appear in
court for the day’s hearing. A thoroughly disappointed Judge Tomlinson
refused to adjourn hearing to another day but issued an order by 12.30
pm that the Prosecution should be in court by 2pm as the matter at hand,
professional misconduct, dishonesty, perverting the course of justice
and criminal non-disclosures, lying to the trial court and Court of
Appeal, were serious and urgent. This time, the hunters have become the
hunted and Ibori’s defence team were the accusers while Ibori’s
erstwhile accusers and prosecutors were the accused.
Pointedly,
two prosecutors; Sasha Wass and Esther Schutzer-Weissmann were not only
at the end of finger-pointing, and have been dismissed from the Ibori
case, their activities are now being challenged in court for grounds on
which to upturn all the convictions – Ibori’s and his associates’. In
fact, all the prosecution lawyers plus the entire police officers that
have represented the British Police have been dismissed from the Iboir
case and all other cases stemming from it – following allegations of
corruption against them; lies and deliberate misleading of the court.
Yet,
the worst charge so far against the British prosecution came when the
court resumed by 2 pm as counsel to Ibori’s former lawyer, Badresh
Gohil, dropped the bombshell. The Counsel, Mr. Kamish, stunned the court
when he revealed a sinister conspiracy between Nigeria and Britain to
railroad Ibori and associates into jail. He backed this up by pointing
at a document signed by British and Nigerian governments agreeing that
the Department for International Development will be paid 25 million
Pounds Sterling from monies that will be confiscated from Ibori, before
any penny is ever remitted to Nigeria. With that document in place, that
Department became so aggressive as to start paying the salaries of some
police investigators on the Ibori case, especially that of Dectective
Constable, John McDonald.
Wednesday’s hearing was at the
request of Ibori’s lawyers for the prosecution to explain their
non-compliance with court orders made to ensure fair as opposed to
unfair trial. Mr. Kenneth Talbot represented Ibori while Kamish stood
for Gohil.
The case was adjourned to 8th March 2016, to enable
the Prosecution appoint new counsels as the old ones that have handled
the Ibori case since the beginning have now been tainted and dropped and
may be facing investigations of corruption and legal perversity.
Signed:
Tony Eluemunor
Head, Ibori Media Office
http://www.metronaija.com/2016/02/james-iboris-lawyers-shock-southwark.html
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